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bluejester

Okay, nerd argument here: Why would Gandalf tell Frodo to take the One Ring? It's the most dangerous, evil object in all of Middle Earth.

It would be the equivalent of Zelda telling Link that the best way to protect himself in the wild would be to tap into the Triforce of Power that Gannon holds, and which, in turn, morphs him Gannon into a pig monster.

captainsuperdawg

bluejester wrote:Okay, nerd argument here: Why would Gandalf tell Frodo to take the One Ring? It's the most dangerous, evil object in all of Middle Earth.

It would be the equivalent of Zelda telling Link that the best way to protect himself in the wild would be to tap into the Triforce of Power that Gannon holds, and which, in turn, morphs him Gannon into a pig monster.

Okay, nerd moment done.

Because Gandalf was going to see Saroman, and Gandalf thought he could possibly be evil. That, plus the fact that Bilbo asked Gandalf to give the ring to Frodo, so he complied with the old hobbit's wish.

Jackofallgames

Not disappointed in the design though! Still awesome and cute at the same time. It's just the fit I don't like. It will still get tons of happy wear around the house. I just prefer to not go out in a shirt with a neck hole that looks like I'm trying to shrink a mumu down to t-shirt size :P

Now if woot would offer me a choice of blanks, even say with a higher price for an AA shirt, I would gladly still buy. Hint hint, wink wink, nudge nudge..

wjonesiv

It was a tumultuous time for our nation. The clear beverage craze gave us all a reason to live. The information superhighway was not quite ready for the average person to see what some nerd thinks about Star Trek, but a teenager by the name of Gore would change that shortly. The domestication of the dog continued unabated. Meanwhile in the far east, a little known domino company was cranking out games that would change the course of human history and prolong my lack of contact with the opposite sex for some three years. It was during this time that i learned the natural progression of the land of hyrule. So let me just say that everyone knows you get the candle, then the bombs, then the five heart containers and the 100 rubbie. THEN you get the ring....completely unbelievable.....these MTV, microwave oven, I want it now kids!

Aside from that glaring mistake, and the mushroom where my beloved bomb counter should rest, awesome freaking shire shirt. In for 1.

chickypeas

Jackofallgames wrote:Not disappointed in the design though! Still awesome and cute at the same time. It's just the fit I don't like. It will still get tons of happy wear around the house. I just prefer to not go out in a shirt with a neck hole that looks like I'm trying to shrink a mumu down to t-shirt size :P

Now if woot would offer me a choice of blanks, even say with a higher price for an AA shirt, I would gladly still buy. Hint hint, wink wink, nudge nudge..

Thanks! I'm glad you're at least happy with the design.

I like the idea of different blanks being available and just adjusting the price based on which one is picked. It seems like this would make a lot of people happy. I also think it would be cool if there were different shirt color options to choose from, although I could see that becoming a little too complicated for woot. Someday maybe :P

zaqnewman

I had an assignment in 7th grade to write a complaint to a company in order to practice writing a formal business letter. I wrote to Pepsi asking why the had discontinued Crystal Clear Pepsi. They claimed it had not met sales expectations, a claim I still don't quite believe to this day. Ah, I still remember the nicely citrus/cola blend.

Porgery

Huge bonus points for doing a true 8-bit design! So many supposedly "8-bit" Woot shirt designs are total cheats, where the graphics are styled with jagged edges that are reminiscent of the 8-bit days, but on closer inspection they are free-drawn with irregularly-sized mismatched rectangles instead of realistic square pixels. (See, for example, the 1-up coffee cup.) This one is drawn using an accurate square pixel grid for maximum authenticity. (In fact I suspect it was created at the original resolution of 256x224 and then up-scaled. Maybe there's a cheat somewhere, but if there is, it's well-disguised.)

Many artists here have the nostalgia for 80's video game graphics, but few have the chops to actually work within the limitations of the original medium. I salute you.

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